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- Important Notices
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- Enrolments for Prep 2024
- Halloween Disco THIS WEEK Friday 27th October 2023
- Eco Marines Update
- BigFish LittleFish Mini Squad
- Fete 2023
- From The Garden
- Lost property - F Block
- 2024 Instrumental Music Expression of Interest
- Homeless Connect Donation Drive
- Invitation For Our First Nations Families
- Fete Colouring Competition
- Classroom Awards
- Look Out Program
- School Plus Update
- School Crossing Supervisor EOI
- School Locker Uniform Shop EOI
- Community News
- Sponsors
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IMPORTANT NOTICES
What if my child is unwell?
Any child who is showing signs of illness or feeling unwell, must stay at home.
If a child is showing signs of illness at school, the school will contact the parent or carer to collect the child.
2024 Prep Enrolments
On Monday 23rd we held our Prep Open Day. It was lovely to meet more of our new families and allow our new 2024 preppies to visit our school, have a fun play morning in the prep area and meet some new friends and the Prep staff. Parents joined us in the hall for an information forum and then an informal morning tea. Thank you to staff who helped out, Little Ducks staff for attending, and also Natalie Chin who set up the second-hand uniform shop, Fiona Caniglia and Rachel Frizzo from our P&C Executive who helped answer parent questions and Stan from Schools Plus who was on hand to answer questions and answers about after school care.
Staff Update
Next week I will be away on long service leave. Mrs Bradley will be Acting Principal and Ms Norman will be Acting Deputy Principal.
After School Use of School Grounds
Students are welcome to play from 3-3:20pm under parental supervision. Thank you for ensuring that you play in the ‘Little Play’ prep area only from 3-3:20pm as this allows Schools Plus to ensure their supervision is effectively focussed on the students in their care. At the 3:20pm bell, all persons not booked into Schools Plus should vacate the school premises.
Please note that School Plus staff and students only should be in the prep play ground outside the Music and Prep B classroom as this is licenced to Schools Plus from 3-6pm. Thank you.
2024 Student Leaders’ Selection Process
This week we finalise our leadership selection process for Project Captains. The students have been outstanding throughout and all should be so proud of their presentations. Congratulations to all students who participate including those who will take on the role of captains.
Friday 27th October is a busy day with 3 important events:
- World Teacher’s Day – a wonderful time to acknowledge our dedicated teaching team and thank them for their commitment to our students and community.
- Halloween Disco – Thank you to our P&C for organising our annual school disco. Join us for a fun night in the hall from 5:30-8:30pm. Halloween costumes for children only. Adults must accompany and supervise their children for the duration of the event. This is a primary school event only and students must remain in the designated area around the hall.
- Day for Daniel – WEAR RED – key message is about keeping our kids safe! Students will revisit the Morcombe Foundation Curriculum Materials which teach children to Recognise, React and Report if they feel it’s not right or not safe in any situation.
Daily Writing
Are you creative? Would you like to get our students excited about Daily Writing? With Daily Writing as one of our Signature Practices we like to inspire our students. I am looking for an interested parent or a group of parents who could transform the window of the office in reception into a writing stimuli, for week 6 of this term.
Please contact me if you would like to get involved.
Filming in School
Please remember that parents and visitors are not able to film New Farm State School students without parent permission. This rule relates to all areas of school and includes the Halloween Disco and Fete.
Classes 2024
The link for collecting parent information retain to formation of classes for 2024 has been reopened for one more week. https://forms.office.com/r/RCjJTqSRTn Any information should relate to your child’s learning and any particular personality clashes that you would like us to consider.
N.B.
If you have shared some information in previous years, you will have to share again
Parent voice in this process, does not include requesting certain friends or particular teachers.
Be aware that conversations with teachers and or emails will not be collated
Kookie’s Playgroup is back!
Playgroup is back and the children have had a wonderful time being actively engaging in a selection of activities. Painting, drawing and reading has been enjoyable with our new up and coming prep students for 2024.
Playgroup runs each Tuesday, 9:15-10:15am in weeks 3-8 of Term 3 & 4 only. The remaining dates for 2023 are as follows:
- Tuesday 31st October
- Tuesday 7th November
- Tuesday 14th November
- Tuesday 21st November
Hands-on Maths in Prep
Why is hands-on maths important?
Teaching through hands-on activities in maths focuses students' attention on ideas and sense making and developing mathematical practices. Teaching through hands-on maths also develops a student's confidence and builds on their strengths.
Prep K have been exploring their mathematical skills through hands-on activities in the classroom during maths groups. Way to go!
QParents
We kindly ask that all NFSS families register with QParents.
QParents is a parent portal that we are progressing towards making our one-stop-shop platform for parents. Recent upgrades to the functionality of QParents, means that it will become a portal for permissions for school excursions.
QParents is available via either a website or a handy app, which enables fast access to pay multiple invoices at once and provide multiple permissions at once.
New Farm State School is now enrolling 2024 Prep students.
Please head to the Enrolments tab on our website (Enrolments) for more information. If you have any enquiries please contact the school by email at enrolments@newfarmss.eq.edu.au or call our office on 3358 7333.
To determine when your child can commence their prep year, use the prep ready reckoner calculator.
To check whether you live in our catchment, use the catchment map.
WORLD TEACHER DAY
This year, World Teachers' Day is this Friday, 27 October. It is an opportunity to say thank you for the incredible contributions teachers make to our children's lives and our school community. The P&C want to recognise the passion of the NFSS teacher's and their commitment to our kids that extends beyond the classroom. We are grateful for the many ways they enrich our lives. The P&C are delighted to thank the teachers with a gift made from our Little Patch garden. You can get involved by sending a message of thanks to a teacher who is making, or has made, an impact on your family's life, by sending an email to president@nfsspandc.com.au and these messages will be passed on to the teachers.
HALLOWEEN DISCO 2023
Let's carve out some fun and give'em pumpkin to talk about!!!!
Don't miss this years Halloween Disco - this Friday, 27 October from 5.30pm till 9pm.
Volunteers still needed so if you can help please sign-up at https://signup.zone/4NrCR5vkxTMLouwxG
See you on friday for a skele-TON of fun.
Go green for EcoMarines
New Farm went green this year in support of EcoMarines. Brisbane City Council lit up the Story Bridge in green to kick off the week. We started the day on Friday with Containers for Change. We were overjoyed to be able to give out some bags to parents to start collecting for us. Please meet this coming Friday at 8:30 a.m. at the Annie Street gate if you would like to participate.
During the first break on Friday, the EcoMarines carried out our inaugural annual bird audit, yielding some intriguing findings. We couldn't believe how many pigeons there were!
The EcoMarines will be concentrating on the following topics for the rest of 2023:
- brainstorming ideas to solve our pigeon problem;
- introduce wrap free Tuesday;
- Containers for Change.
Mrs Fletcher and the EcoMarine team
Young EcoMarine Abigail
Thank you to all the school and community support for the NFSS Fete!
In particular, we’d like to thank all our sponsors and give a shout out to our premium sponsors for this year’s fete:
Platinum Sponsor: Ray White New Farm
Major Sponsors: Merthry Village, Monarc Global, and Bank of Queensland New Farm.
Your generous support and contribution to the fete is greatly appreciated and we’re looking forward to sharing a fun-filled day with you!
Major Prize Announcement
Our Platinum Sponsor, Ray White New Farm, has a great prize up for grabs at the NFSS Fete. If you’re in the market to sell your property soon, this might just be for you! You have the opportunity to bid at a live auction on fete day with the chance to win an amazing prize package to sell your home for FREE by Ray White New Farm!
The prize package includes:
- Exclusive listing by Ray White New Farm
- A dedicated Ray White New Farm agent to sell your home!
- Auction conducted by renowned auctioneer Haesley Cush
- Full page advertisements over 3 weeks
- Premier listing on realestate.com.au
- Platinum listing on Domain
- Ray White Collective listing
- Press package
- Property video campaign
- Equalling approx. $20,000 worth of free marketing!!
View full details and conditions or register to bid here: https://rwnf.com.au/newfarmstatechool
Be at the NFSS Fete on Saturday 11th November at 5:00 PM for the live auction!
Fete Raffle Tickets
✨Fete raffle tickets have been distributed and are now available! ✨
Please join our community in fundraising for our school! Top prizes include a Monarc Global helicopter vineyard tour valued at $5,000, a Verve Photography package valued at $1,095, a Studio Pilates 25 classes pack, Alpha Hotel accommodation package, and much more!
Raffle tickets come in books of 10 and tickets are $5 each.
Raffle ticket books sold by classes up until Friday 3rd November are counted towards the chance to win a PIZZA PARTY for their class.
The most raffle ticket books sold by a class by that date will win the pizza party prize. Extra raffle ticket books are available at the office.
Any queries regarding raffle tickets, sponsorship or prizes, please message ATTN Carolina at nfssfete@gmail.com.
Also – if you’re available on either Sat 28th Oct or Sat 4th Nov – we are looking for volunteers to assist with selling raffle tickets at Merthyr Village and the Powerhouse Markets. Please sign up here to choose a time on the roster: https://signup.zone/4NrCR5vkxTMLouwxG
Ride Passes
Pre-paid ride tickets are now available on Flexischools.
Buy ride tickets before fete day for $35.
This price includes:
- a ride wrist band,
- unlimited rides on 4 x rides (super slide, tea cups, round up, & laser skirmish)
- unlimited entry to the petting zoo
You can also purchase individual ride tickets on the day for $7.
Details for picking up ride wristbands before the fete coming soon!
If you have any questions, please contact nfssfete@gmail.com.
Stay Fete Up-to-Date!
For more information on the fete itself, please check out regular posts and updates on Class Dojo and in the school newsletter.
You can also follow the fete online on Instagram or Facebook @newfarmfete or https://www.facebook.com/NewFarmFete
Here’s a fete event link you can like and share too: https://fb.me/e/HZds7wB5
From the garden
The last of our inclusive gardening tables has arrived! The four multi-level tables make it possible to garden while standing or sitting. The latest was planted out by School Plus students, who put in lettuce for the tuckshop and some marigold flowers too. Thank you to our excellent craftsman, Chad Albinger, who you can see working on them in the photos. As one community member exclaimed, “They are objects of art!” We tend to agree. The tables were funded by the P&C and the Brisbane City Council’s Cultivating Community Gardens Grant. They are a fabulous addition to Little Patch. In other news, blackboard take overs are happening regularly this week… join in during the Gardenlife before-school program or have a look at the poems and pictures when you’re walking by.
School Plus students and parent volunteer Carolina Puleston recently helped the P&C’s Habitat Group scope out and start the school’s new Digging Place! The kids helped us pilot the tools, the rules, and how to have a fun time in this hands-on play space next to the oval. Their feedback was much appreciated. More updates on the way as this good idea keeps growing.
All students in year 3 in 2023 are invited to apply to participate in this program from 2024.
Detailed information including the online link to apply is attached.
A hard copy application is available upon request if you would prefer this to the online survey.
Contact: Our band instrumental music teacher Mr Colin McIntyre via email cmcin13@eq.edu.au if you have any questions
Donations were collected on Tuesday this week by council ahead of packing starting Friday. Council were hugely grateful for the large voume of donations our school has contributed. The next drive is scheduled for May 2024.
New Farm Public School is committed to fostering inclusivity and representing the diversity of our students. We are currently reaching out to invite First Nations parents and family members to participate as First Nations representatives at our monthly P&C meetings.
The P&C meetings are a platform where parents and family members can actively contribute to the decision-making processes and support the school in creating a nurturing environment for our students. By having First Nations representatives on board, we can better ensure that the voices and perspectives of our First Nations students and their families are represented and heard.
Responsibilities of First Nations parent and family representatives may include:
- Attending P&C monthly meetings and actively participating in discussions
- Voicing concerns, suggestions and recommendations from a First Nations perspective
- Collaborating with staff and parents to promote cultural awareness and inclusivity
- Providing suggestions about cultural activities, celebrations or educational initiatives that celebrate First Nations culture within our school community.
Welcoming the participation of First Nations families in our P&C meetings, as well as collaborating and engaging with First Nation community members and organisations signifies a crucial and foundational step in our journey towards reconciliation.
If you know of any potential First Nations community connections, Elders or organisations open to establishing connections or engaging in collaboration with our school, or if you are interested in the role of a First Nations representative, have further questions or would like to know more please email Talia on txjoh11@eq.edu.au
Help us choose the movie for the big screen at the fete
Join the NFSS Fete Colouring Competition - open to all NFSS students!
Colour in the colouring page for the movie that you want to see on the big screen at
the NFSS Fete on Saturday 11th November.
The pages to choose from are: Elf, The Grinch, and Home Alone
Colour in the page for the movie you want to see and then drop it into the colouring competition box in the office. We will display the coloured pages in the library and you will start to see which the winning movie might be...!
Print this page or collect one from your teacher.
| Class | Student Name | Award |
| Prep B | Taiaha | For your participation and groovy moves during our dance lessons. You rock Taiaha! |
| Prep M | Maxwell | For being a great support friend, helping a new student. |
| Prep K | Luna | For your positive attitude at school and helping others around you! Keep it up, Luna! |
| Prep D | Frankie | Your bright smile and kind heart light up our classroom every day. Keep being your amazing self! |
| 1M | Beth | For your bright and happy energy you bring to the classroom every morning! You are a ray of sunshine, Beth. |
| 1D | Isla | For completing all learning tasks with enthusiasm and being willing to share your ideas. You should be very proud of yourself, Isla! |
| 1S | Charlotte | For being a great buddy support in our classroom. |
| 2B | Pippa | For working really hard during Read/Write/Inc lessons. Well done, Pippa! |
| 2K | Lena | For improved effort in all your classwork. Great work! |
| 2J | William | For settling into your new class perfectly. 2J are lucky to have you! |
| 2V | Nico | for being super attentive in the classroom since the start of term. Excellent job, Nico! |
| 3T | Nolan | For being a hard worker and a great friend, well done Nolan. |
| 3M | Victor | For focussing on his schoolwork and ignoring nearby distractions. Well done, Victor! |
| 3F | Eli | For an excellent improvement in work ethic, keep up the great work Eli! |
| 3/4J | Ava | Working really hard on her maths and showing resilience with challenges. Fantastic work Ava |
| 4N | Benjamin | For diligently improving his handwriting, and always bringing postivity to the classroom while sharing his passion for airplanes. Keep being remarkable, Ben! |
| 4K | Isabella | For making fantastic learning choices and seeking out alternatives. Well done Bella. |
| 4A | Lincoln | For trying his best at all times in the classroom, your resilience and determination is be commended. |
| 5B | Prem | For showing enjoyment in daily writing by staying focused and frereading work to present your best writing. |
| 5F | Lara | For setting to work quickly, supporting her classmates and remaining an active learner throughout the day |
| 6Z | Jamie Wozniak | For putting full effort into his learning in order to improve and increase his knowledge |
The Look Out Program is a Pedestrian and Traffic Interaction program that “looks out” for our kids – the implication is one of care and concern. The Look Out program assists the school to help manage the flow of traffic in our 2 minute pick up zone on Annie Street, in an orderly, safe way. The Look Out Monitors are volunteers / representatives of the School. Please be respectful and courteous.
Please email interest to admin@newfarmss.eq.edu.au
Paid position available from November in the School Uniform Shop, run by School Locker.
School Locker are motivated to fill the position as soon as possible to allow maximum handover time with Gayle the current Coordinator.
The schedule will consist of two 3 hour shifts per week during terms 1 and 4, and one 3 hour shift per week during terms 2 and 3. More hours available during December and January during lead up and back to school time, as well as the opportunity for shifts at the Northlakes School Locker location should the applicant be interested. The position is covered by the General Retail Industry Award. The shop is currently open each Monday and Wednesday 8am-9:30am if you would like to call in and have a chat to Gayle about the role.
For more information and to arrange an interview please email School Locker Operations Manager Paul Thomas paul.thomas@theschoollocker.com.au
